Ear-Cleaning Ninja Scrolls: The Bewitching Kunoichi Housenka Claims Your Naughty Ears

It's hard to believe this is all-ages!? There's such a sense of value with the bonus intro comic overflowing with the cuteness and sexiness of the kunoichi Housenka. The standing illustrations are wonderful too. Ear cleaning is used as a technique to seduce men, and there's a wide variety of sounds. Those sounds don't just stop at being sounds—you can genuinely feel them as vibrations from the ear cleaning, making for high-quality, pleasant ear cleaning audio. The way the order of the ear cleaning sounds ties into the scenario, gradually building up to more intense sounds before settling back down into a soothing conclusion, is very well done. And then, just as your ears have been loosened up by the ear cleaning sounds, comes the ear blowing... I let out a strange voice. It felt so good I couldn't help but make a sound. I already thought Renrin Momoka, who voices Housenka, was skilled at ear blowing, but in this work there are multiple long sessions of it, which was absolutely amazing. It's an ear blowing performance with a perfect balance of power, technique, and stamina, delivering a pleasant airflow that continuously and precisely vibrates the eardrum. The acting also gives you chills—going from a bright, approachable gal-like cheerfulness to hinting at the sharpness of a formidable kunoichi. This is truly a work that makes you feel like you've been seduced, fallen for completely. On top of that, there are also individual tracks for each ear cleaning segment, so it's very thorough and satisfying.

・An enjoyable ear cleaning session under the pretense of passing down the secret art of seducing men, as the head of a ninja clan ・This time's heroine is completely different from the previous one—she has a much more polished, sophisticated air both as a kunoichi and as a woman, is ambitious, and there's even a sense that she might be after the head master's life ・Throughout the whole piece she's bewitching, taunting relentlessly during the ear cleaning, and not stopping there—she's a natural-born sadist who even says things that make you feel your life might be in danger, complete with verbal abuse targeting the perverseness of using her position as head of the clan

This is the episode centered on Housenka, one of the most distinctive heroines in the series. She usually seems lazy and unbothered, but when she gets serious, she only bares her fangs at the head master—I felt that gap came through well again this time. The exchange through the sliding door in the introduction has great conversational tempo, and there's a nice tension of being right on the edge of crossing a line while still keeping the distance between master and disciple. Housenka's light-hearted tone and occasional provocative attitude make the exchanges with the head master entertaining. The ear cleaning scenes are also carefully crafted, with detailed depictions of sounds and gestures that make the scenery come naturally to mind. The parts with the needle and poison are a bit precarious, but that also feels very "Housenka"—like her own way of expressing affection. Overall there's a lot of taunting and devilish lines, but every now and then there's a mix of indulgent gentleness, which was really charming. The shift between tsun and dere feels natural, so it never gets boring to listen to. It has a brisk tempo even within the series, and I think it will especially hit home for those who like a slightly precocious little-sister-type character or a strongly sadistic kunoichi. The depiction of the ear cleaning and the atmosphere are as detailed as ever—this feels like a script that would shine if turned into ASMR audio.